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Ida Lupino (February 4, 1918 – August 3, 1995) was an English film actress, director, and a pioneer in the field of women filmmakers.
<p>She was born in Camberwell, London, England, (allegedly under a table during a World War I zeppelin raid), the daughter of actress Connie O'Shea (aka: Connie Emerald) and music hall entertainer, Stanley Lupino, one of the Lupino family.
<p>Encouraged to enter show business by both her parents and an uncle, Lupino Lane, Ida Lupino made her first film appearance in 1931, in The Love Race and worked for several years playing minor roles.
<p>It was after her appearance in The Light That Failed in 1939 that she was taken seriously as a dramatic actress.
<p>Her parts improved during the 1940s and she began to describe herself as "the poor man's Bette Davis". While working for Warner Brothers, she would also refuse parts that Davis had rejected, and earned herself suspensions.
<p>During this period she became known for her hard boiled roles and appeared in such...
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